The 31-year-old Dubliner became a TV sensation after landing a role in the BBC drama, winning over thousands of fans with his buff body in the show's topless scenes.

Aidan and Sarah on the red carpet in New Zealand in 2012 (Image: WireImage)

While he is now considered one of the sexiest men on the planet, Aidan's pal Douglas said that the actor is as down-to-earth as ever.

Speaking about Aidan winning Glamour's ‘Sexiest Man' award, Douglas said: "The thing about Aidan is he is a typical Irish guy, he's down to earth, takes everything in his stride, and I don't think it will go to his head.

"I'm sure it will go on his bedside table, but no definitely wouldn't go to his head."

The Londoner walked the BAFTA red carpet with the pair just a few days ago, but now he is on Irish shores shooting his latest film project.

Booth jetted into Dublin to take part in A Storm In The Stars with Maleficent actress Elle Fanning.

The film tells the love story between Frankenstein writer Mary Wollstonecraft and poet Percy Shelley, who fell in love when Mary was just a teenager.

Douglas, who has been cast as Shelley in the flick, is also the star of Jane Austen parody Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - a film he loved working on.

He said: "Obviously I'm aware how precious people are because it's one of our great novels, but I knew the team that were behind it, and [screenwriter] David Russell had done the first draft of the script.

"He also did The Fighter, so I knew it was going to be good.

"And as soon as I read it I was like, 'This is brilliant this is so much fun'."

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